Foot measuring device



Nov. 18, 1952v E. BOWEN 2,618,066

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FooT MEASURING DEVICE:

Filed Nov. 22, 195o 2 sHEETs-sHEET'z EDM/ARD BOW/EN Patented Nov. 18, 1952 FOOT MEASURING DEVICE Edward Bowen, Kings Norton, Birmingham, England Application November 22, 195o, serial No. 196,988 In Great Britain December 1, 1949 4 Claims.

This invention has reference to improvements in foot measuring devices. It is well known that shoes and boots are manufactured in sizes which are dependent upon the length and Width of foot which they are required to t and that the indicia representing the width fittings are the same for varying lengths of shoe although the actual Widths of different lengths of shoe bearing the same width indicium vary. That is to say if the length size are indicated by numerals and the widthv sizes by letters then a size 9E shoe is of a different width from a size 8E shoe. In devices for foot measuring as at present in use it is necessary in order to ascertain the correct width fitting, rst to set manually the length size on a scale or the like before a correct reading of the width sizes can be obtained. The present invention has for its object to overcome this disadvantage by providing a device which after adjustment to the foot being measured gives an automatic indication of the length and Width sizes in juxtaposition. More particularly in the United States of America, shoes and boots are graded in sizes which are dependent, not only upon the length and Width, but also upon the distance between the heel and the ball of the foot they are required to t and according to the present invention provision is made for such a size reading being obtained automatically in corelation to the length and width sizes.

The invention consists of a foot measuring device characterised in that movement of a length measuring slide effects a rotational setting of a drum to provide an indication of length Whilst transverse movement of a Width measuring slide effects a setting of a scale or index relative to the drum to provide a co-related indication of Width. The invention further resides in details of construction to be described hereinafter and in the provision of a rotatable indicatorcombined with the drum whereby a differentially related reading can b e obtained to give an indication of the length from. heel to ball of the foot being measured.

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described by Way of example and with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan of a foot measuring device in accordance with the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a part sectional side elevation of the device seen in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a view of the chart before attachment to the drum of the device seen in Figs. 1 and 2.

Fig. 4 is a plan of an alternative construction -to that seen in Fig. 1 having provision for additional measurements and Fig. 5 isa side elevation of the mechanism seen in Fig. 4.

Referring rst to the construction shown in Figs.'13 which may be said to illustrate the invention in simple form there is provided a. base 2 plate I0 upon which the foot to be measured is adapted to be placed with the heel in contact with an upstanding heel plate II. Mounted on the platform I0 at the end remote from the heel plate YII is a housing I2 having a window I2, Within the housing I2 is mounted a rotatable drum indicator I3 carrying on its periphery a `chart I4 (see Fig. 3) bearing length scales I5 andv I6 which can be viewed through the Window I2? and through an aperture I'I in a masking plate I8 and can be read in relation to a xed index Ila adjacent the aperture; the scale I5 representing sizes of foot Whilst the scale I6 represents sizes of shoe or boot. The drum I3 is provided at one end with a pulley I9 around which passes a cable 2D passing beneath a pulley 2I and around an idle pulley 22 located remote from the housing I2 in a tunnel 23 extending longitudinally of the base plate I0 and disposed to one side thereof. Connected to the run of the cable 20 and projecting through a slot in the side of the tunnel 23 is a slide 24 which is adapted to be slid longitudinally above the upper face of the base plate I0 into engagement with the toe of the foot on the platform and thereby effect a rotational setting of the drum indicator I3.

The chart I4 also carries an index line 25 which when the chart is wrapped around and secured to the periphery of the drum I3 is helically disposed. A small portion of this index line 25 is visible through a slot 26 in the masking plate I8 and forms an index against which a scale 21 on a plate 28 can be read. The plate- 28 is connected by a bracket 29 to a slide 30 which is capable of being slid in a guide 3| transverselyover the face of the base plate I0.

This foot measuring device is used in the following manner: The foot to be measured is placed upon the. base plate I0 with the heel in contact with the heel plate I I and the one side of the foot in contact with the tunnel 23. The slide 24 is then moved into Contact with the toe ofthe foot thereby effecting a rotational setting of the drum indicator I3. The slide 3i)` is then moved into register with the side of the foot opposite to that side in contact with the tunnel 23 thus effecting a sliding of the plate 28 longitudinally overthe face of the drum indicator I3 and parallel to the axis thereof. It will be appreciated that the length and width size of shoe required can then both be read through the Window I2a in the housing I2. o

Referring now -to the embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. 4 and 5 there is provided a base plate 50 provided at one end with a housing 5I having a Window 52. Within the housing 5I is rotatably mounted a drum indicator 53 which is iixedly mounted upon a spindle 54 carrying a pulley 55 around which is passed an endless cable 56 which passes around an idle pulley `5'1. disposed in a tunnel 58 at the end re- 

